David Hurst takes a look at Hundred Days:
There will undoubtedly be people who enjoy and connect with Hundred Days, an eclectic "concert musical" written by and starring real-life married couple Abigail and Shaun Bengson currently onstage at New York Theatre Workshop, but if you're like me you'll find it a challenge. Having knocked about for almost four years, including previous workshops in San Francisco (at Z Space), Cincinnati (Know Theatre) and here in New York at The Public as part of the Under the Radar Festival this past January, Hundred Days is now officially a "theatrical event". Or is it a meditative song cycle? Or is it a cabaret show gussied up for off-Broadway? Having endured its intermission-less 90 minutes at a recent weekend matinee, I vote for the latter but labeling it is beside the point. Ultimately, its fans will identify with its story of finding love and then being frightened by what that love might bring, and its detractors will be so bored by its self-indulgence they'll take a nap. For the record, there were plenty of both at the performance I attended. . . . |
